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Posted: 11/18/2011
- 166-thousand Americans are living with spina bifida. The disease strikes before birth, often crippling a child's chances of walking and causing a dangerous buildup of fluid on the brain. Surgery usually takes place within a few days after birth, but now results from a new study have opened up the way for kids to get treatment before birth.

Posted: 11/18/2011
- Super bowl champs and NFL hall of famers are a few of the athletes who'll be part of a major study, After they're dead. A former pro-wrestling star who helped get the NFL's concussion policy changed wants to treat and prevent a form of dementia called CTE.

Posted: 11/16/2011
- Coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath. 24 million Americans experience these symptoms when asthma attacks.The chronic respiratory disease is obvious in some, but other patients suffer a long time while doctors struggle to figure out their problem. Now, a new test is helping undiagnosed asthmatics breathe a lot easier.

Updated: 12/28/2011
- Out of their white coats and into camouflage. Doctors and nurses who volunteer for service are required to get a taste of the battlefield before they head to hospitals near war zones. They only have days to train for what they might encounter, and what they learn from the military may be the opposite of what they're taught in school.

Updated: 12/28/2011
- You've seen it in numerous movies. Combat medics rushing to the aid of injured troops, putting their own lives on the line to save another. It takes intense training, and one technique can mean the difference between life and death.

Updated: 11/11/2011
- More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. That equals the same amount of people living in the entire state of Minnesota, or Colorado or Maryland. There is no cure. Early diagnosis is difficult and very few drugs are being tested to slow the progression. Doctors are working on new ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease that could be the top game changers of this year.

Updated: 11/11/2011
- Work may be hazardous to your health! New research shows sitting at your desk all day could be killing you. And if you think you're covered because you hit the gym, think again. Sitting for hours at a time can reverse those benefits.

Updated: 12/28/2011
- 250,000 Americans are living with a spinal cord injury. 53% have lost the use of their legs. But bionic breakthroughs are changing the game for these people and helping them move around like never before.

Updated: 12/28/2011
- Your grandparents or parents probably had them and you could to. We're talking about the sagging, swollen skin that spans from under the eye to the top of the cheekbone, a condition called "festoons". They make you look tired and older.. now a new laser treatment promises to turn back the hands of time and reveal a younger looking you.

Updated: 10/31/2011
- Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects about 400,000 Americans. The body's immune system turns on itself and attacks the brain. Until now -- patients had to rely on injections for help. Now, the very first oral medication for MS has patients talking.

Updated: 10/31/2011
- Up to 300,000 Americans are living in a minimally-conscious state. It's a condition that's baffled doctors for decades -- with almost no effective treatments. Now, doctors are trying to wake these patients up.

Updated: 10/31/2011
- Is it just a bad headache or something much worse? Millions of Americans suffer from migraines. Some have attacks so painful and debilitating they can be mistaken as the third leading cause of death in the U.S.!

Updated: 10/26/2011
- Each year, more than 50-thousand children are born because of in-vitro fertilization. It's a technique that has revolutionized how doctors treat infertility, but it's not perfect. Now three technologies are making the process safer and more successful.

Posted: 10/25/2011
- More than 300,000 children in the U.S. suffer from epilepsy. Seizures can strike out of nowhere and cause dangerous episodes of shaking and convulsing. Treating children with epilepsy can make all the difference, but doctors first need to observe and analyze their seizures. Now, new technology is making that easier for them and the kids.

Updated: 10/24/2011
- Imagine slowly losing the sense of who you are and not being able to stop it. Millions of people in the U.S. live with Alzheimer's disease or watch a loved one suffer from it. Now, researchers are looking at a high-powered prescription shake to ease the symptoms.

Updated: 10/26/2011
- Every year, more than 15,000 adults and 15,000 children receive a life-changing diagnosis. Type-one diabetes means careful monitoring of glucose levels, diet, and activities. From pumps to pens, medical research has developed better devices for treatment of type-one diabetes. Now, the focus is shifting toward trying to stop the disease in its earliest stages.

Updated: 10/26/2011
- The simple act of swallowing takes about 50 pairs of muscles and nerves -and for some children-it's something they just can't do. Now-these kids are getting the help they need-without even leaving their own high chairs.

Updated: 10/26/2011
- It's the baby disease you never hear about. NEC is a dangerous condition striking babies' intestines soon after they're born. It affects nearly 10% of infants born at less than 32 weeks. 35% of these children die. Now, research is giving NEC babies a fighting chance.

Posted: 10/18/2011
- Rectal exams and P-S-A level tests can be key in catching prostate cancer before it becomes a killer. But men sometimes wait to get checked until urinary problems pop up. Now, a world-renowned prostate expert says that's a big mistake!

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